Catch Up on This Week’s News in These 18 Photos

Ebola may be the only news you paid attention to this week (how could you not), but photo journalists all over the world captured everything from airstrikes to circus elephants. Check out some of their best work, and catch up on this week's news in the 18 photos below.

Remember ISIS? A U.S.-led coalition is still carrying out airstrikes against the terrorists.

Pumpkin patches opened, and are in full swing!

Apple revealed a new iPad, just in time for the holidays.

A weird prop caused what may be the most awkward debate moment ever.

Swiss circus elephants probably had the most magical bath of their life. 

News (and hysteria) on Ebola dominated headlines this week. 

An estimated 4,500 people have died since the first cases of Ebola were detected in West Africa. 

Meanwhile, lawmakers in Washington, D.C., debated a travel ban to and from Ebola-stricken countries. In the United States, two nurses who contracted Ebola in Dallas were hospitalized in Atlanta and Bethesda, Md.

This happened Sunday…

…but then this happened Thursday night:

And now the San Francisco Giants are headed to the World Series for the third time in five years.

For three weeks, pro-democracy activists have flooded the streets of Hong Kong, hoping to bring attention to the Hong Kong's desperate need for democracy. Scenes from this week proved they aren't backing down.

Police failed to stop the pro-democracy protesters with tear gas and pepper spray. This week, things turned violent. Watch the shockingly brutal beating of one protester.

Back in America, some Ferguson, Mo., residents who took to streets in late summer, are still rallying for the black teenager who was killed by police.

For 50 days from early July through most of August, Hamas launched nearly 4,500 rockets against Israel. The two countries still haven't found peace.

This athlete was found not guilty of murder.

Russian President Vladimir Putin proved he isn't afraid of a little rain.